The Central Seat Allocation Board ( CSAB ) and the Joint Admission Board ( JAB ) were conducting the JEE counselling at their own level but in the year 2018 they have collaborated and are officially known as Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSSA). There are various colleges IITs, NITs, ISM and GFTIs where every engineering aspirant put his best to take admissions in these colleges. The process of filing will start in July 2018, the first round of allotment of sweats will be done. Only qualifiers of JEE main 2018 and JEE advanced 2018 can only participate.

JoSAA 2018 Participating colleges

The name of participating institutes has been announced by the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JOSAA). These participating institutes provide admissions top the qualifiers of JEE 2018 (main) and JEE advanced 2018. From July, joint seat allocation procedure will be held by the authority of seat allocation for ISM Dhanbad, IITs, NITs and GFTIs. For the academic year 2018, 88 institutes will be participating.

The 16 Indian Institutes of technology- IITs participated in JoSAA 2018 are:

1.)Indian institute of technology Bhubaneshwar

9.)Indian institute of technology jodhpur

2.) Indian Institute of technology Chhattisgarh

10.)Indian Institute of Technology Indore

3.) Indian Institute of technology Bombay

11.)Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

4.) Indian Institute of technology Delhi

12.)Indian Institute of Technology Mandi

5.) Indian Institute of technology Goa

13.) Indian Institute of Technology Patna

6.) Indian Institute of technology Gandhinagar

14.) Indian Institute of Technology Ropar

7.) Indian Institute of technology Hyderabad

15.) Indian Institute of technology madras

8.) Indian Institute of technology Ghuwati

16.) Indian Institute of technology Tirupati

Joint admission board made the latest update that the four new IIts- IIt Palghat, IIT goa, IIt Chhattisgarh and it Tirupati. Will give the admission on the basis JEE 2018 ranks (Advanced ).

The 16 national institute of technology- NITs participated in JoSAA 2018 are: